From: theLuggage on


"Tony Jollans" wrote:
> > I've tried clearing this Office clipboard using the code that Jonathat
> > gave
> > me, but the problem persists.
>
> As I tried to explain in one of my posts, I wouldn't expect it to make any
> difference.

I didn't really expect it to make a difference either, but I wanted to try
all the suggestions that were offered by the various posters here.


> > If I step through my code, it always works perfectly. So debugging is
> > next
> > to impossible.
>
> In this case it is probably a timing (or perhaps a locking) problem. It is
> worth trying to put one or more DoEvents statements in the code to allow the
> system to catch up with itself. Precise logic behind this is often
> impossible to explain but trial and error can sometimes lead to a
> resolution.

I've tried that before, but with a relatively short loop. I'll try it again
with a longer loop and see if it helps.

> You said originally that the problem was with images yet you are copying a
> paragraph range - does it contain images? And, if so, are they linked?

Yes, the images are inserted inline with the text, so when I copy the
paragraph, I'm really just copying the image. (It's the only item in the
paragraph.)

No, the images aren't linked.